Section 13. The city manager and the town manager in cities and towns having such a manager, otherwise the mayor in cities and the selectmen in towns, shall appoint for a term of three years a local superintendent of shade tree management and pest control, hereinafter called the local superintendent, for the suppression of the public nuisances named in section eleven. Said local superintendent shall be qualified by training and experience to enable him to carry out efficiently the powers and duties of his position, and shall be licensed or certified to apply pesticides in accordance with the rules and regulations of the pesticide board in the department of food and agriculture. The commissioner shall be notified in writing forthwith of the said appointment, and the name and address of said local superintendent. Said local superintendent shall, pursuant to the advice and general direction of the chief superintendent, destroy said public nuisances within his city or town, including wood infected by said Dutch elm disease or infested with the beetles which spread said disease, or likely to become so infested, except on property under the control of the commonwealth. The local superintendent may appoint such assistants as appropriations are made for by a city or town, and may designate the tree warden to assist him.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation
Section 1 - Director of the Division of Forests and Parks; Duties
Section 2 - Bequests and Gifts; Forestry Trust
Section 3 - Forest Wardens; Payment for Investigations; Conventions
Section 4 - Annual Report of Commissioner of Natural Resources
Section 7 - Labor on State Forests
Section 8 - Entry Upon Land to Control and Suppress Public Nuisances
Section 12a - Suppression of Public Nuisances on Land Under Control of Commonwealth
Section 15 - Certified Itemized Statements of Expenditures
Section 25 - Suppression of Foliage-Destroying Pests Within City and Town Limits
Section 26a - Removal and Destruction of Trees Infected With Dutch Elm Disease
Section 26e - Notice of Positive Diagnosis of Dutch Elm Disease; Condemnation of Tree
Section 30 - Forest Fire Observation Towers; Erection and Operation
Section 31 - Control and Management of State Forests; Regulations
Section 32 - Appropriations for Necessary Expenses
Section 34 - Rules and Regulations Relative to Use of State Forests; Enforcement
Section 35 - Acquisition of Land for Forestation by Towns
Section 37 - Duties of Local Forest Wardens
Section 39 - Contributions by Cities or Towns
Section 40 - Forest Cutting Practices; Declaration of Policy of Commonwealth
Section 41 - State Forestry Committee; Members; Forest Cutting Practices and Guidelines
Section 43 - Forest Cutting Practices; Failure to Give Notice
Section 44 - Forest Cutting Practices; Exempted Cuttings
Section 46 - License to Harvest Forest Products
Section 47 - Licensing of Foresters; Definitions Applicable to Secs. 47 to 50
Section 48 - Licensing of Foresters; Violations; Penalty
Section 49 - Licenses of Foresters; Revocation; Suspension; Fees
Section 50 - Forester Licensing Committee; Membership
Section 51 - Forest and Wood Products Institute; Advisory Board